Kayser Minir Efendi

Kayser Minir Efendi was born in Lubnan in 1861/62 (AH 1278). The record gives the community as Greek Orthodox Christian (Rum).

Schooling recorded: Mekteb-i Mahsusa (special school), with 4 years of schooling recorded. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Arabic, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1876/77 (AH 1293): Telgraf. The official was then about 15 years old. The record gives 7 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1882/83, the official was about 21 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1882/83, shows Muhabere Memuru in Acre (Akka), with 300 kuruş a month. In 1884/85 the record shows Başmüdür Kitabeti in Beirut (Beyrut), with 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Acre). In 1892/93 the record shows Sandık Emaneti in Beirut, the salary going from 500 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Başmüdür Kitabeti in Beirut). In 1904/05 the record shows Merkez Memuru in Beirut, the salary going from 710 to 800 kuruş a month (before: Sandık Emaneti in Beirut).

The highest salary, 800 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1904/05 as Merkez Memuru. 80 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 450 kuruş. Over 24 years with a salary the median is 605 kuruş a month, with 8 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1887/88. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 4.36 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1905/06, when 78 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.